How to use GROUP BY to concatenate strings in SQL Server?

Question

How do I get:

id       Name       Value
1          A          4
1          B          8
2          C          9

to

id               


        

Answer 1

Install the SQLCLR Aggregates from http://groupconcat.codeplex.com

Then you can write code like this to get the result you asked for:

CREATE TABLE foo
(
 id INT,
 name CHAR(1),
 Value CHAR(1)
);

INSERT  INTO dbo.foo
    (id, name, Value)
VALUES  (1, 'A', '4'),
        (1, 'B', '8'),
        (2, 'C', '9');

SELECT  id,
    dbo.GROUP_CONCAT(name + ':' + Value) AS [Column]
FROM    dbo.foo
GROUP BY id;